July 22nd, 2008
For roughly a little bit more than a hundred dollars, Alcatel, a minor player in the mobile phone industry has introduced the OT V770. The slim phone with an attractive futuristic keypad design comes with a 1.3MP camera, Bluetooth, microSD expansion and music playback.
Ah, the influx of affordable phones. This brings into question whether consumers will buy phones because they are cheap regardless of who made them, or because a reputable phone brand manufactured a cheap phone (”oh finally, Motorola came up with a cheap version of so and so … it SHOULD be good).
Are you a brand loyalist when it comes to mobile phones? Does “selling it cheap” make a phone more tempting regardless of who made them? Or do you pay top dollar regardless of the brand and features?
Image and source c/o TechnograPh.
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By Jayvee -- 1 comment
July 21st, 2008
You know, come to think of it, we’ve never really seen mobile phones named after the year they were released. Traditional naming conventions are either too cryptic to be determined, are named via the “generation” of release (1st gen MacBook, 2nd gen MacBook) but never really by their year of make.
Well, the rumored Sidekick Gecko is now here, allegedly, and it is now being called the Sidekick 2008. Like yeah, a huge punch in the face - it’s 2008 and the Sidekick is baaaack!
Photos courtesy of Gizmodo. This photo is an alleged Sidekick 2008 taken from Craigslist.
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By Jayvee -- 0 comments
July 21st, 2008
Alicia Keys is definitely a Superwoman. And in her latest video, we have a Nokia N71 sighting (check out 1:23). What branding face time! The phone is featured on Alicia’s corporate desk and you can see angled photos of the pretty device - what product placement!
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By Jayvee -- 1 comment
July 19th, 2008
Michael Fenger was formerly from Motorola. He joined Apple in March to be in charge of global iPhone sales.
Prior to joining Apple, Fenger was an executive for Motorola in that amorphous MBA-created part of the world known as EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). As such, he was in a position to know almost everything about Motorola’s business practices and strategies, and Motorola thinks he is now using that information to harm the company and help Apple, according to Bloomberg. [source]
Motorola has been in a bit of a stumble ever since they left the mother company. But your guess is as good as mine as to why they are really suing. I guess with the iPhone playing a crucial part in Apple’s road to competition in the mobile phone industry, Motorola already has enough trouble staying in the top 5. What a blow.
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By Jayvee -- 1 comment
July 19th, 2008
T-Mobile might be in deep s#it as consumers are up in arms over mobile phone spam. Truth be told, the story of cellphone spam is nothing more than push advertising but with your subscriber base ranting over being misinformed on whether or not they subscribed to a service in the first place.
Culturally speaking, the level of aggression differs per country. Some folks don’t really mind being sent text spam - for instance if this is the business model behind getting free credits. So yeah it depends, but T-Mobile isn’t in any good shape with its irate customers who ARE getting spammed.
I think the way to go should be permission based advertising - mobile phone carriers should still ask subscribers whether they should have certain “spam” turned on. This also allows you to further customize these messages to fit the demographic and thus have, well relatively, better conversion rates into sales.
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By Jayvee -- 0 comments
July 17th, 2008
Many questions arise from such a product. First off — is this really an official Walt Disney release, knowing that it came from China?
Secondly, why does it have the Apple logo on the upper left hand side of the phone’s casing as well as on the back?? I mean, Disney and Apple are related - but we don’t have to stress that type of product branding here!
Third — see the familiar unlocking slider on the GUI? HUwaat!!?
Gee. More to come from China!
[source and images]
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By Jayvee -- 3 comments
July 16th, 2008
Local Macintosh forum PhilMUG has reported that a lady from the Philippines had seen iPhone 3G units being sold at the department store. Of course, these aren’t legit iPhone 3G’s as the rumor is that the units are still going to arrive on local shores in September earliest. These phones were bought from Hong Kong and shipped here (as an aside, Hong Kong airport was recently voted world’s best!)
Saw an iPhone 3G for sale already in Megamall. They had both 8gb and 16gb. They are selling their white 16GB at around 69,500 ($1,544) and their 8GB at 61,500 ($1,366). According to them, the phones came from Hong Kong and the reason it was priced so high is because they bought the plan in Hong Kong. After inspecting the unit for minutes, one lady went to the store bought the white 16gb iPhone. [PhilMUG]
Above is a photo of the July 11 iPhone 3G launch in Hong Kong - where it apparently costs $1,544.00 because the lady bought the ENTIRE LOCKED PLAN and phone. Que stupido!
So there you have it. Some people (with all the money) just can’t wait.
Photo courtesy of Newscom.
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By Jayvee -- 1 comment
July 16th, 2008
So I dropped my phone (yet again) square on the pavement yesterday. I had barely noticed the small chip on the front plate of my Nokia N82’s real estate due to several phone calls that came in. The calls were a huge distraction to the apparent sinking of the lower 1/3 of my phone’s keypad. This made text messaging a bitch the following day (I fell asleep inside the cab and didn’t touch my phone the entire night).
I think the way we treat our mobile phones sort of reflects the way we treat our health. I recently got a huge bout of food poisoning from my hawker experience in Singapore and it really sucked the juices off me. Any sane guy would have gone to see a doctor - but no - not me. I hung around the 3 day conference finishing off a packet of carbon pills and antacids. Holy crap (literally).
And yeah, the thing with my phone - I believe that the first fall screws up the phone, and the second fall jingles the insides back to normal. Heh. So here I am, stubborn as ever, wanting to not part with this N82, even if Nokia lent me another phone to try out. I believe that some miracle would fix the small chip on the side - maybe if it fell again on the opposite direction, it would have matching crevices. Neat-o. Talk about the fashion series.
What’s the worst damage you’ve done to your phone?
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By Jayvee -- 2 comments
July 15th, 2008
Fujitsu recently unveiled the F906i, with built in AuthenTec and TrueNav features which allow for seamless finger scrolling and touchpad functions. This basically emulates the iPhone in many respects.
“Fujitsu continues to build on its market leadership with the addition of the F906i to its world phone lineup, and we’re pleased to support the Fujitsu and NTT DOCOMO teams on the launch of this innovative smart phone,” said Kengo Kobayashi, president of AuthenTec KK - Japan. “AuthenTec helps further enhance the F906i by enabling full touchpad emulation via our AES1710 sensor, thus providing highly intuitive and accurate on-screen menu navigation. Our integrated TrueNav feature gives users a full range of device navigation by moving their finger across the surface of the sensor to control a full-featured browser, manipulate documents, stored files, contact lists and to control a variety of phone functions….
AuthenTec’s AES1710 fingerprint sensor is based on the Company’s patented TruePrint technology, which reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer where a person’s true fingerprint resides. This unique subsurface approach enables AuthenTec sensors to read virtually every fingerprint, every time — a critical requirement in any fingerprint-enabled device. Other device features include TrueNav menu navigation, TrueFinger anti-spoofing security, and TrueMatch pattern matching to ensure the industry’s highest level of security, usability and convenience. [RELEASE]”
The F906i comes with 3G, GPS maps, mobile TV with support for DOCOMO’s 100 channel broadcasts, mobile credit card payment system and full widescreen VGA LCD. The phone has two cameras - a 3.2MP and a secondary camera for 3G calls.
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By Jayvee -- 1 comment
July 15th, 2008
## Reviews are up for the new BlackBerry Bold, the Berry that sorta looks like ye olde BenQ P50 and BenQ Siemens P51 which were both 2006 favorites.
## High tech High Fashion! Here are diamond dipped Nokia 8800 and iPhone 3G units that will surely kill your wallet!
## Ho-hum. 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in first weekend. Doesn’t Nokia sell 4x as much?
## J.T. asks what is to become of the iPhone’s installer.app??
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